THE POWER OF PERSISTENT PRAYER (3 OF 5)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Daniel 10:1-14
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The Power of Persistent Prayer (3 of 5)
Series: Prayer That Works
Jeff Strite
Daniel 10:1-14
OPEN: The organ in a large church broke down one Sunday morning just before services were to begin. A member of the congregation happened to be a organ repairman and he immediately went to work on the instrument - finding it was a simple electrical problem. When he finally got it fixed it was just about the middle of the sermon. He quietly passed a note to the organist which read: "After prayer - the power will be on."
ILLUS: There's a supposedly true story of a Welsh woman who lived in a remote valley in Wales. She went to a great deal of trouble and expense to have electrical power installed in her home. However, after a couple of months, the electric company noticed she didn't seem to use very much electricity at all.
Thinking there might be a problem with the hookup, they sent a meter reader out to check on the matter. The man came to the door and said, "We've just checked your meter and it doesn't seem that you're using much electricity. Is there a problem?"
"Oh no" she said. "We're quite satisfied. We turn on the electric lights every night to see how to light our lamps and then we switch them off again."
APPLY: Now, why didn't this woman make more use of her electricity?
She believed in electricity
She believed the promises of the electric company when they told her about it
She went to a great deal of trouble and expense to have her house wired for it
BUT - she didn't understand the potential of electricity in her home.
AND SO, she used it's power sparingly
I suspect there are people who use prayer very much the same way.
They believe in prayer
They know of the promises God has made
They've even read and heard stories about answered prayers
BUT they use prayer's power sparingly...
I. I believe that the reason that happens (at least for some Christians) is that many don't understand how prayer works.
AND many people believe it doesn ...
Series: Prayer That Works
Jeff Strite
Daniel 10:1-14
OPEN: The organ in a large church broke down one Sunday morning just before services were to begin. A member of the congregation happened to be a organ repairman and he immediately went to work on the instrument - finding it was a simple electrical problem. When he finally got it fixed it was just about the middle of the sermon. He quietly passed a note to the organist which read: "After prayer - the power will be on."
ILLUS: There's a supposedly true story of a Welsh woman who lived in a remote valley in Wales. She went to a great deal of trouble and expense to have electrical power installed in her home. However, after a couple of months, the electric company noticed she didn't seem to use very much electricity at all.
Thinking there might be a problem with the hookup, they sent a meter reader out to check on the matter. The man came to the door and said, "We've just checked your meter and it doesn't seem that you're using much electricity. Is there a problem?"
"Oh no" she said. "We're quite satisfied. We turn on the electric lights every night to see how to light our lamps and then we switch them off again."
APPLY: Now, why didn't this woman make more use of her electricity?
She believed in electricity
She believed the promises of the electric company when they told her about it
She went to a great deal of trouble and expense to have her house wired for it
BUT - she didn't understand the potential of electricity in her home.
AND SO, she used it's power sparingly
I suspect there are people who use prayer very much the same way.
They believe in prayer
They know of the promises God has made
They've even read and heard stories about answered prayers
BUT they use prayer's power sparingly...
I. I believe that the reason that happens (at least for some Christians) is that many don't understand how prayer works.
AND many people believe it doesn ...
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